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Fabio joined the University of St Andrews in 2007. He holds a BSc degree in Economics from the University of Pavia, Italy. Fabio moved to the UK to complete his postgraduate studies at the University of Warwick, where he obtained his MSc in Economics and where he also proceeded on to his Ph.D as an ESRC student. The University of Warwick also awarded him a Warwick Postgraduate Research Fellowship to support his studies. Over the academic year 2004/05, Fabio visited the Department of Economics at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, United States, where he was appointed as a visiting lecturer in Economics. Fabio has also taught at the University of Pavia, and at the University of Warwick, where he worked as a teaching fellow prior to joining the University of St Andrews. Fabio holds a Postgraduate Award in Introduction to Learning and Teaching in Higher Education from the University of Warwick.

• EC2002 Intermediate Macroeconomics (PMT)
• EC2008 Topics in Finance (PMT)
• EC4511 Labour Economics (PMT)

• ID1003  Great Ideas I  (interdisciplinary module)        

Education Economics

• Widening Participation in Higher Education - the Scottish experience

• The Student's Experience: empowering the National Student Survey (NSS) with the use of contextual data

• The Student's Experience: relationship between NSS, i-Grad, and Students' Feedback Questionnaires

Labour Economics

• The relationship between technological change, economic growth and unemployment

• Matching models with two-sided heterogeneity and skill-biased technological change

• The labour market effects of the Great Recession: the role of institutions and short-time working schemes

(2003), "Growth and Unemployment: towards a theoretical integration", Journal of Economic Surveys, 17 (3), 419-455. (download)

re-printed in:(2004), "Surveys in Economic Growth", George D., Oxley L., Carlaw K., (editors), Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. (publisher)

• "A Textbook Model of Skill-biased Technological Change, Economic Expansion, and Unskilled Unemployment"
• "Optimal Allocation of Labour in a Matching Model with Endogenous Skill-acquisition and Technology Adoption"
• "Raising Employability of Vulnerable Young People" (with Laurence Lasselle and Kannika Thampanishvong)
• "Employment and Economic Recession in Germany, Italy, and UK: different remedies for the same illness?" (with Ulrike Stein)

• CHER - Centre for Higher Education Research, University of St Andrews
• CDMA - Centre for Dynamic Macroeconomic Analysis, University of St Andrews.
• The Royal Economic Society

• Co-director of CHER (Centre for Higher Education Research)

• Sub-honours Adviser of Studies - Faculty of Science

• Careers Centre link - School of Economics & Finance

Referee for: Economic and Social Research Funding Council, Economic Journal, Economic Modelling, Journal of Economic Surveys, Labour, International Tax and Public Finance.